Jamie Grefe's Blog, page 30
October 5, 2013
September 25, 2013
Peckinpah: Narrative as the Ember of the Nightmare of Life
Thank you for reading.
September 24, 2013
September 14, 2013
September 4, 2013
LIVID MEN, VIOLENT MEN: To a Broken Link
Since THE EMPRISE REVIEW has been cast into the void, probably for quite some time now. Here is my poem, the only poem of mine that they hosted, although I never received any word of its publication, had to dig and dig and dig until finding it uploaded and, apparently published, but they remained silent and forever out of touch:
Livid Men, Violent Men
They felt the slop of this city when garbled voices bellowed; - crept to the tenth floor and watched through curtained windows. Perched over the drained canal, an orb bled open the train tunnel. Earth: digging, pounding, crushing; a skull stomped on the sidewalk. One worker, on the day of the black haze, slapped men, livid men, violent men. Choking air: his boy spit into a woman’s mouth. Hounds of the Other Waste swarmed, violated bus passengers between stops. The smell of mussed hair, their dirt encrusted nails. Fingers and zipper - his wedding photograph in a stranger’s bedroom. Police officers were napping in the back on the day of the incident. One officer awoke, slumbered an apology. The cameras in this city, he said, will not help you; others might hurt you. Near dark at six. He, engulfed in dust, smoked Chinese cigarettes on the roof after dipping raw mutton slices in boiling oil. Dead adultery in Mandarin. Ah, to be adrift here, the boy said, lashed the whip at the photograph. We have passed all points of departure. The end stop is a train tunnel that will take us out of this city. There are no tickets, he tells the boy. There never were. Never.
August 29, 2013
Drum Skin: Fragments on R.A. Harris///All Art is Junk
I wrote about the experience of reading R.A. Harris’ book, “All Art is Junk.” The review has a lot to do with skin and eggs, but trust me, the book is well worth your time, especially if you are a fan of bizarro and science fiction. Thank you, Rob, for the book.
August 8, 2013
Jamie Grefe: Facebook Page
The title of this post will lead you to my Facebook “Writer” page. The content between this tumblr and that feed will be relatively the same, but the Facebook page is likely to include more links, conversations, and archival material. If you are interested in interacting via Facebook (and all that follows therein), by all means “like” the page and keep in touch. Otherwise, this page will still be used for all published output. Thank you. Read on, my friends.
Coyote, Ape, Buzzard: Joel Potrykus on Film
I interviewed and wrote a short about Joel Potrykus, writer/director of Ape, Coyote, and the forthcoming, Buzzard. Read it at Rapid Growth Media. Support independent cinema. Onward, my animals.
Grefe Mix
In preparation for the autumn 2013 release of my Bizarro novella, The Mondo Vixen Massacre, I present five delicious pieces of mine that will help set the table for future stories to come, hand selected for your reading pleasure.
1. Headcheese (The Bacon Review)
2. Giraffes (Untoward Magazine)
3. The Future of Festering Wounds (New Dead Families)
4. Feral Doom (The Carnage Conservatory)
July 6, 2013
LIES/ISLE: Winter Holes + For a Worm's Night
I have two poems in the beautiful Desert Issue of LIES/ISLE. Both written while living in Beijing, China under a most massive veil of smog, sandstorms, and grit, I hope you enjoy voicing these poems over and again. As always, thank you for reading.
